The scandal wasn’t that rich people in general probably wouldn’t go to heaven, but that seemingly righteous people wouldn’t go to heaven.
George Bush is rich. It is easier for a camel to pass thru the eye of a needle than for George W Bush to enter heaven. How could Jesus be any more blunt than that? It is not merely difficult it is impossible for an ordinary rich person to go to heaven.
You can have wealth and those attributes
Only the extraordinary person who can achieve what Jesus bluntly says is almost impossible. Why would anybody who takes this stuff at all seriously risk eternal damnation by attempting a path that Jesus says is almost impossible? The answer is that they don’t actually take it seriously and just ignore all the stuff in the bible they don’t like.
The message here is that wealth doesn’t indicate favor with God and it cannot save you, so you should focus on what can save you.
The message clearly was that the only practical way for a rich person to go to heaven was to redistribute all their wealth to the poor.
George Bush is rich. It is easier for a camel to pass thru the eye of a needle than for George W Bush to enter heaven. How could Jesus be any more blunt than that? It is not merely difficult it is impossible for an ordinary rich person to go to heaven.
Only the extraordinary person who can achieve what Jesus bluntly says is almost impossible. Why would anybody who takes this stuff at all seriously risk eternal damnation by attempting a path that Jesus says is almost impossible? The answer is that they don’t actually take it seriously and just ignore all the stuff in the bible they don’t like.
The message clearly was that the only practical way for a rich person to go to heaven was to redistribute all their wealth to the poor.
Why does they need heaven if they already have technology to live forever?